Category: Random

  • Freelance Fantasy Land

    Freelance Fantasy Land

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    I’ve been struggling with motivation lately which to many working ‘regular’ jobs seems pretty silly. I mean I work at home, I can have lunch with my kid and I ride my bike Friday afternoon’s. I have little to complain about. But there is an underlying current of just not being happy with the specifics…

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  • This is why I don’t do discounts and payment extensions

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    This is why I don’t do discounts. if you want to spend less we cut the amount of work we are doing. I don’t give extensions on payment terms because that just trains you that next time you can get an extension. Of course when a client’s wife died I extended for 6 months, that…

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  • Great reading for digital product builders

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    I’ve only made it through the first few resources here – but they are awesome. Add them all to your Instapaper queue and read or watch the content.

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  • A List Apart – Summer Reading List

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    Oh my goodness is my Instapaper queue so full now between this and the product link I posted earlier.

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  • Moving on from Media Temple

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    I’ve got a bit tired of Media Temple’s GS and it’s latency in the WP admin. You my dear readers that aren’t logged in see a fast site but when I’m writing posts or doing any admin stuff – dang it’s slow. That also goes for me when I’m logged in and am looking at…

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  • Still subscribed to my Feedburner feed?

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    Many of you know that Google Reader shut down. Given that I really don’t trust Feedburner as a source of distribution for my articles. As I look at the stats there are some of you that are still subscribed to my Feedburner feed directly. I’ll leave Feedburner around as long as they keep it but…

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  • Maybe Lift will help you write

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    Since I’m talking about how I write so much you should take a look at Lift. There is a good write up on it at WPDaily.

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  • Less in love with markdown

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    I love Markdown. It’s super easy to remember and write. I think that it looks less cluttered when you’re writing (especially links) and it gets a bunch of HTML markup out of your way. What I hate is the WordPress support for it in the editor. I’ve never found a plugin that works properly. Either…

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  • The Freelancer’s Show 066

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    We had an awesome discussion about marketing your business in ways that others just aren’t. How about hand writing a note, sending clients a gift at the end of a project… Lots of awesome ideas.

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  • 10 Years with a Woman I Love

    10 Years with a Woman I Love

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    10 years ago today I married the best woman on earth. Let me tell you what 10 years means to me. 10 years means that I know my best friend better. It means 10 more years of experience with her. It means 10 years of joy and fun. It means the thought of not having…

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